Morgan Carter

Growing up, the sandwich was in constant rotation. A shelf-stable sandwich was a constant cast member in my brown bag lunch, from the reliable turkey with a squirt of mustard to the simple yet satisfying peanut butter and jelly variety, all of which was prepared by my loving mother. But as I've grown, so has my imagination as to what I can slide between two halves of bread.  The mighty sandwich is really a vehicle for all. Carnivorous appetites call for hunks of brisket and barbecue to pastrami-stacked creations. Yet sandwiches sprouting with veggies and vegetarian-forward ingredients can be just as satisfying if not more. And no matter what, a sandwich beats a sad desk salad, any day. When the hankering calls for a carb-laden lunch (or breakfast or dinner, we don't care), thumb through this list and discover your new favorite sub. Editor's note: We removed Bonafide Delicatessen and Cafe, Ciao, Gloria, Henry Public and Rowdy Rooster. We added Bark Barbecue, Calyer, Daily Provisions, Ends Meat, Ollin, Win Son Bakery and The Bonnie.  RECOMMENDED: The 25 most spectacular sandwiches in the world

While the bagel is most prominently featured in things that New Yorkers love and that are round and good, the doughnut is close behind it. Whether you spell it as donut or doughnut, this round ring of sweetness is a treat as old as time (and can be eaten at any time) whether during an early morning commute or a late night treat.  If you've been hunting through the city’s best bakeries and coffee shops for the best doughnut in NYC, look no further. We've compiled a handy list of where to find the most exemplary fried rings, including a spot in a Staten Island strip mall and brioche-based treats from the brick-and-mortar offshoot of a beloved online bakery. Whether for breakfast, lunch, or dessert, these are NYC’s best outposts for doughnuts. RECOMMENDED: Full guide to best restaurants in NYC

Time Out Market New York is buzzing with activity, from phenomenal food and drinks to fun parties to keep you rolling through the cooler months. The market has an ongoing happy hour from 4 to 7pm during the week (what’s not to love about $6 select draught beers, $9 specialty cocktails and $8 select wines?), but there’s much more going on. The market has a daily Bottomless Brunch! For $50, you’ll receive a $30 TOM Card toward the meal of your choice from the market’s concessions and you can choose from Bottomless mimosas and bellinis from noon to 3pm. Below is the current schedule of events at Time Out Market New York!

Every drink seems ideal when you're at the perfect bar. Your dive’s beer is frosty, rooftops send you soaring toward the clouds and cocktail destinations shake and stir myriad ingredients into ideally calibrated glassware—leaps above what you try to craft at home. The options are unending, the ice is nicer and you aren’t just drinking, you’re at the spot.  Whether you're dabbling in low-ABV libations, making your way through dedicated martini menus or collecting passwords for pseudo speakeasies, there is an ideal location for every taste, tolerance and occasion. Find them among the 50 best bars in NYC right now. Updated February 2025: We added BierWax and Sip & Guzzle. We removed Bar Goto and Milady's. 

With an embarrassment of riches when it comes to brunch options, finding Manhattan’s very best can feel like an Odyssian undertaking. With choices oscillating between breakfast and lunch, caffeinated and boozy, uptown and down, choices are truly unending. Informed by years of intrepid brunching across the five boroughs (someone has to do it), I’ve consolidated this baker’s dozen of the best places for brunch in the city’s busiest borough (we humbly offer a lineup of the best spots across the river in Brooklyn, too), where you’ll find everything from griddle classics at casual cafes to fancy foods at some of the best restaurants in NYC. RECOMMENDED: See more restaurants for the best brunch in NYC

Everyone knows what great pizza means to them. It could have a paper-thin, crispy base or one so doughy it’s comparable to a pillow; it could be an abundance of vegetables and cured meats or simply a great, classic margherita (for the purists). Some of us even crave a bit of pizza-induced controversy (fans of a white base or those who opt for a pineapple topping, we’re looking at you).  But no matter your preference, whether it’s socially acceptable or totally unhinged to everybody else, you’ll find your perfect pizza pie somewhere in the world, and somewhere on this list, too. That’s because we’ve asked our travel writers and international editorial staff about their absolute favourite spots for when they’re craving a pizza, from Cape Town to Lisbon, Buenos Aires to Miami. We hope you’re hungry – don your napkin and read on for the world’s very best pizzas.  RECOMMENDED:🥪The best sandwiches in the world🥩The best steaks in the world🍝The best cities in the world for food This list was edited by Liv Kelly, a writer for Time Out Travel. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines.

Whether you’ve got the voice of an angel or you’re totally tone deaf, karaoke unites us all. But heed our warning: choosing the right song is crucial (aka, don’t opt for that Whitney Houston tune if you haven’t the range. And if you don't have good enough flow, steer clear of rapping. Kapeesh?) So we thought we’d help out a little bit. In our list of the best karaoke songs ever, we’ve got everyone from Adele to Toto, and from Frank Sinatra to Ricky Martin. There's even recent singalongs from Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan. Something for everyone. So down that shot, grab that mic and take to the stage. Your audience awaits you. Here are the best karaoke songs ever.  RECOMMENDED:❤️ The best love songs☀️ The best summer songs🎉 The best party songs🕺 The best albums of 2025 so far  

Choosing a favorite restaurant in New York City is a joyful task with myriad possibilities depending on the occasion, mood and even the time of year. Your favorite dive, fine dining destination and neighborhood favorite might all occupy top spots on your personal best list in spite of their disparate qualities.  Our list of NYC’s 50 best restaurants is the same, spanning each of those categories and more to comprise a catalogue of all the places we wish we were at right now. They don’t have to be the newest or the most recently reviewed, just places that we’ve been to and want to return to again and again, and that we think that you will, too.  RECOMMENDED: NYC’s best bars right now Updated March 2025: Time Out has instituted a sitewide policy change. For more on our new policies, feel free to check out "How we review at Time Out." In this most recent update, we've removed Pata Paplean and added Eel Bar and Los Mariscos. Note: Many of the city’s best chefs, restaurants and concepts have been welcomed into the Time Out Market. Because that is the highest honor we can award, establishments related to the market have not been ranked here, but you can see them below.  Stay in the Loop: Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest in New York City news, culture and dining.

Like most New Yorkers, I find breakfast to be a feast-or-famine kind of sport. On those snooze-button days, if we’re lucky, it might mean just grabbing a bagel to devour along with a few quick gulps of coffee on your morning commute. On the days when we have the good, albeit less frequent, luck of having more time to spare, a leisurely brunch and its promise of booze and decadence may be on the menu. Either way, some of the world’s best takes on the most important meal of the day can be found right here in NYC. RECOMMENDED: Full guide to the best restaurants in NYC

Finding the best hotel in NYC to stay at, whether on a trip here or a staycation, is paramount. Yes, you’ll likely be out and about and the hotel simply serves as a place to lay your head, but a good hotel can make or break your time in the city. New York prides itself on its hospitality and that is pretty clearly evidenced by its best hotels. Every kind of traveler can find their perfect holiday haven in this glorious city, from sleek boutique hotels in the city’s trendiest neighborhoods to opulent luxury stays near the top NYC attractions. You’ll even find some of the best spas and restaurants tucked inside their lobbies. Whether you’re a first-time visitor to the Big Apple or a local craving an inner-city staycation, these properties take the cake when it comes to hospitality and hotel perks. Cue room service. February 2025 update: We have completely revamped our list by visiting dozens of hotels across NYC, most recently, the Carlyle. So know that when you’re reading this list, you’re getting the most up-to-date information. 🇺🇸 Click here to view our full guide to the best things to do in NYC🏨 Discover the best cheap hotels in NYC🌉 Explore the coolest Airbnbs in Brooklyn💗 Book one of the best boutique hotels in NYC Who makes the cut? While we might not stay in and review every hotel featured, we've based our list on our expert knowledge of the destination covered, editorial reviews, user reviews, hotel amenities, and in-depth research to find you the best stays.

Dining out in New York City can be a labor of love. There are thousands of new and old restaurants to choose from, making reservations can seem like a sport or a game of chance and most of us want and need to spend our eating and drinking money wisely. That’s why Time Out New York spends days and nights haunting the city to highlight the very best in hospitality right now, and gently divert from the less-best. Peruse on through to choose your next favorite destination, and play along to see which newcomers become 2024’s top options.  RECOMMENDED: Full guide to the best restaurants in NYC

Even our culture editor admits that Bushwick is "one of the most polarizing neighborhoods in New York City." Once a hub for all things hipster (and really, still is, just with different terminology), Bushwick is the industrial hub most commonly known for its thumpin' nightlife scene. Yet when the music cuts and the lights flicker on, the neighborhood has plenty to explore in the eating-and-drinking department. Bushwick is home to some of the best New York pizza and stellar international food—including one of the top Ethiopian restaurants in the city. These are the best Bushwick restaurants, that are perfect for kicking a night into high-gear. RECOMMENDED: Best restaurants in NYC

Bowery's Bar Kabawa welcomes you to a Caribbean home. And here, at this home, we drink. The latest from the Momofuku team, the Bar Kabawa channels the rhythms of the islands with light woods and a color palette of turquoise blues and whites all set to Caribbean music thrumming through the speakers. Naturally, half of the cocktails are dedicated to the daiquiri, made classic with delicately thin shaved ice to the vegetal Bay Leaf Daiquiri made with nitro-muddled bay leaves. The rest relies on rum-forward drinks and a few shareables including a hollowed coconut full of your choice of rum. While one half of the bar shakes up drinks, the other half functions as an expo kitchen where you can watch chefs score banana leaves, fry and bake short rib and Guyanese pepper pot patties and torch desserts right at the counter. 

In 1891, heiress and philanthropist Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt founded the Margaret Louisa Home for Protestant Women, a six-story home in Union Square to house such self-sufficient working women. As of last year, the building has now been converted to the luxury hotel and exclusive members club import from London, The Twenty Two, with a ground floor is open to all. Carrying on the legacy of this historic home, the restaurant is now open, powered by an award-winning women-led team.  The team behind the Michelin-starred Musket Room and Raf’s lead the charge here, including sisters Jennifer and Nicole Vitagliano, alongside executive chef Mary Attea and executive pastry chef Camari Mick. The menu travels through chef Attea’s Lebanese heritage, on the plate with dips and spreads and Moroccan spiced mains to sumac-dusted and arak-forward cocktails.

Perched atop Times Square was the rotating restaurant The View. Opened in 1985, the sky-high restaurant inside the Marriott Marquis was one of the few relics of the past, following the 1960s trend of rotating restaurants. Yet, it quickly fell out of New Yorkers’ orbit, becoming a favorite to visitors and kids on field trips. But now that Danny Meyer has gotten a hold of it, he's transformed the bi-level restaurant and bar into a destination where tourists and New Yorkers alike would plan a visit.  Rocketing up to the 48th floor, a night at The View begins with cocktails among the skyscrapers. Cloaked in blue velvet, the cocktail lounge features a series of couches, plush chairs and wooden tables for conversing over. Stay for a spin and you’ll see a 10-seater bar with a massive globe dangling above it, a nook saved for musicians and keyboardists for nightly live music and a marble raw bar laden with lobster, oysters and shrimp. For an extended stay, that calls for a descent down to the red-cloaked dining room on the 47th floor.  Inspired by supper clubs and chop houses of years long past, the menu taps into Americana classics, like Jumbo Lump Blue Crab Cake and Chicory Salads for starters, entrees of Seared Duck Breast and Black Bass en Papillote and a dedicated section to all things Steak & Chops. 

If you follow bar culture, you may be familiar with Juliette Larrouy and Moe Aljaff. The two self-proclaimed schmucks were known for their work at Two Schmucks, the award-winning, five-starred dive bar in Barcelona. However, after citing professional differences, the team disbanded. But as a turn of fate, these two schmucks decided to come stateside, with keys to a space in East Village. Even after a year and some change of teaser pop-ups and construction delays, Schmuck. remained our most highly anticipated opening. Its clear the rest of New York felt the same, as lines continue to stretch down 1st Ave months after its January opening. Inspired by a mix of Mid-Century Modern, the Space Age and Brutalist design movements, Schmuck. houses two experiences inside its 1,600-square-foot bar. The all-seated experience functions as your artistic's friend living room with handsome leather seating, a sleek steel bar and a heavy-black-tiled lounge in the back that looks straight out of a spa. You can find 12 original cocktails here, like the cinnamon bun and coffee FIKA drink and the fennel-forward, salad-inspired BLANKA. If you can't get a spot here, you can always go to its side bar next door, and gather around the massive wooden table in its center with a drink in hand.

Rome is home to an '80s-style underground lounge just a jaunt away from the famed Colosseum. A playground of mixologist Patrick Pistolesi, Drink Kong dabbles in Japanese futurism set to a neon-lit interior. Since its inception in 2018, the bar has earned various awards and has consistently ranked on The World's 50 Best Bars list. This month, the bar is catching a flight over to New York for one night only.   On March 25, the Italian bar will take over Flatiron's massive 24,000-square-foot dual restaurant, Aqua. The first bar to kick off Aqua’s guest shift series, four of Drink Kong's classics will be shaken, stirred and poured all night long. In partnership with Weber Ranch Vodka, Aqua and Drink Kong have also created a specialty cocktail, Aqua Kong Reverb (vodka, rhubarb honey and liquor, lemon juice, and pink peppercorn tincture). The cocktail will be available during the evening and will be on menu for a limited time. Tickets are $20 and include one drink. Purchase yours here. 

A massive dual-concept landed in the Flatiron District, all 24,000 square feet of it. An import with locations in London and Hong Kong, the New York outpost features both Japanese and Italian cuisines under one roof. Guests are welcome to tour Italy’s regional specialties on the Aqua Roma menu, starting with Burrata and arancini before diving into pizzas and pasta. But if you’d rather Japanese fare, the Aqua Kyoto menu includes hot entrees from the robata-grill and maki and sashimi best enjoyed at the 70-foot-long sushi bar, the longest in the city.

Mesiba is inviting people of all faiths to celebrate Purim, the Jewish holiday that commemorates the Persian-Jewish community's deliverance as recounted in the Book of Esther, with a hamantaschen cookie-making class. On March 16, executive chef Eli Buli will lead budding bakers step-by-step on how to make Mesiba’s famous hamantaschen cookies, a traditional dessert for the holiday. A portion of the ticket proceeds will benefit Save a Child’s Heart, a humanitarian aid organization that provides life-saving heart surgery to children from countries with limited access to pediatric heart care. As for tickets, there are few types of experiences to book. For $55, guests will gain access to the class with a complimentary menu of of light bites. For $70 tickets, a welcome cocktail is also included in the price. But if you come hungry for more than just cookies, opt for the brunch add-on for $55, which will take place before the class.

Derrick Faulcon and Zewiditu Jewel are the first Black-owned food and beverage business owners in Brooklyn Heights and Nolita. Their business? Their viral vegan doughnuttery, Cloudy Donut Co. The small-batch bakery has over 40 flavors of donuts, both regular and of the mini variety, alongside cinnamon rolls and pound cakes. Flavors rotate often, from blood orange to a chocolate glazed donut with a fresh strawberry known as Sexual Chocolate. 

What started as a one-off event centered around community and good soup, Queer Soup Night has grown into a national movement. With chapters all around the country, the mission remains the same: providing comforting meals while giving back to the respective communities they serve. This month, the soup night is coming to Sunnyside.   On March 16, Queer Soup Night will be popping up at cocktail bar Sanger Hall. Annie Fay Cheng (@achg.kitchen) and Leo Kirts (@leahkirts) will be providing the food, made with ingredients from The Meat Hook and Timeless Natural Food. No tickets are needed, but donations are encouraged. Proceeds from the event will benefit Sunnyside & Woodside MA, a mutual aid organization that provides groceries, funds and resources to the community at large. 

HAGS is a restaurant by queer people, for all. The tiny East Village restaurant led by chef Telly Justice and sommelier Camille Lindsley is all about turning fine dining on its head, with a menu that caters to both vegan and omnivorous appetites, a kitchen prioritizes mentorship and a brunch special that invites all to eat, no matter if they can pay or not.

As if we needed more reason to eat our way around Queens, various restaurants across the borough are offering deals from now until the end of th emonth. And, it all goes towards a good cause.  This month, Queens is celebrating its local restaurant community with the return of the Eats in Queens Restaurant Month. Each participating location, over 20 and counting, has made a special dish for the occasion, made to pair with the Queens Together Pilsner, a crisp, German-style beer from Alewife Brewing. Eat and walk around the area with a visit to Astoria's casual Mexican eatery that nixtamalized corn in-house for its tortillas, Mayahuel. Or make a note to head to one of our top Thai restaurants in NYC, Elmhurst's Zaab Zaab. $1 from every can will be donated to Queens Together, a nonprofit that provides food insecurity in the borough. No tickets are needed, view the full lineup here and get to eating.

Bar professional Sammi Katz and illustrator Olivia McGiff have recently released their latest book, Spirited Women: Makers, Shakers, and Trailblazers in the World of Cocktails. Their second illustrated book celebrates women who have shaped the spirits industry from ancient times to today. The authors are going on a global tour, and are making a stop at one of Brooklyn's favorite neighborhood spots.  On March 12, Katz will be teaming up with spirits educator and author of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails Shannon Mustipher to take overr the front bar at Bed-Stuy's Winona's. Together, they will sling drinks from the newly published book shaken featuring a line-up of spirits, including Montanya Rum, Pollinator Spirits, Saint Luna Moonshine and Privateer Rum. A few familiar faces profiled in the book will be in attendance, so try not to get too star-struck. It's free to reserve your spot; drinks and snacks will be available for purchase. Courtesy of Cafe Con Libros, copies of both Spirited Women and Tiki will be available for purchase. 

Union Square Hospitality founder and famed restauranteur Danny Meyer is the first to admit he had never been to The View, New York’s only rotating restaurant, in its heyday (if you could include the all-you-can-eat tourist buffet trap that it once was a “heyday”). Opened in 1985, the restaurant inside the Marriott Marquis was one of the few relics of the past, following the 1960s trend of rotating restaurants. Yet, it quickly fell out of New Yorkers’ rotation, becoming a favorite to visitors and kids on field trips. Taking on the project to revive it in the fall of 2024, Meyer’s goal for the bi-level restaurant was to capture the energy of the neighborhood while making it a destination where tourists and New Yorkers alike would plan a visit.   RECOMMENDED: The 11 best restaurants in Times Square Photograph: Jason Varney Photograph: Jason Varney After a few months of construction and as of February 12, The View is spinning once again. Rocketing up to the 48th floor, a night at The View begins with cocktails among the skyscrapers. Cloaked in blue velvet, the cocktail lounge features a series of velvet couches, plush chairs and wooden tables for conversing over. Stay for a spin and you’ll see a 10-seater bar with a massive globe dangling above it, a nook saved for musicians and keyboardists for nightly live music and a marble raw bar laden with lobster, oysters and shrimp. And if you ever need to orient yourself, the drink coaster lays out a map of all the buildings you wi

The home of the Chicago dog goes to the beefy beacon that is Portillo’s. The Midwest-based chain has been serving stacked and steaming dogs to the people of Illinois and, now, the rest of the country, since its inception in 1963. Yet, the dogs and its rivaling Italian beef have never found permanence here in New York, except for its Beef Bus rolling through Times Square in 2021. Next month, though, the chain is coming back to the Big Apple with a new wild pop-up that is sure to leave a lasting impression. RECOMMENDED: Nine of NYC’s most-anticipated new restaurants for spring of 2025 On April 4, Portillo’s is setting up shop here for one night only but, instead of just doling out dogs on a bus, the chain is bringing a sense of class (or chaos, depending on how you look at it) with its Hot Dog High Tea. For one night only, Portillo’s is going pinkies up, serving elegant versions of its hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches and more on a—literally!—golden platter. Keep in mind that we're using the word “tea” lightly here. Drinks, after all, come in the form of alcohol made with Jameson Black Barrel. It’s all put on by Chain, the celebrity-backed venture that pays homage to the almighty chain restaurant.    The 30-minute dining experience will feature the best of Portillo’s with a spin. You can find miniatures of two of its most famous items, the Chicago Pup on a Vienna bun with the restaurant’s signature relish, and the Italian beef kicked up a notch with a whiskey-marinated ribe

Let's face it—the age-old debate about New York’s best bagel will never truly end. But we ask you to lay your arms down and, for a moment, just appreciate the full range of options we have in our city. Variety is the name of the game here, and it’s relatively easy to find your bagel your way, from chewy to dense, toasted to untoasted and plainto everything else (including the everything bagel).  RECOMMENDED: The 18 best bagels in NYC Carving out its own niche in the bagel kingdom is Black Seed Bagels. Executive chef and head baker Dianna Daoheung introduced her NYC and Canadian hybrid bagel to the city over ten years ago, presenting a honey-boiled and hand-baked version that still resonates. She clearly found her audience: the brand operates ten locations throughout the city, earning her a two-time finalist designation from the James Beard Foundation for "Best Baker." This spring, the shop is growing once more. This time planting its seed (see what we did there) in a new borough for the very first time.  This spring, Black Seed Bagels will be coming to Hunter’s Point in Long Island City. Located at 5-18 50th Avenue, the 2,200-square-foot shop will soon offer ample indoor seating and many, many bagels for the very first time in Queens.  The store will follow the same ethos as other locations, starting with naturally leavened and fermented dough made with high-gluten King Arthur Flour. Once its risen, the dough is rolled, boiled in honey water and finished in a wood-burning ov

Spring—she’s officially here. As the colder weather slowly phases out for greener views and warmer temps, our restaurant scene begins to heat up as well.  Looking at our list of anticipated restaurants and bars opening this season, you may have a sense of déjà vu. Worry not: a number of entrants were featured on our list of anticipated of the year, including a three-time James Beard Award winner cooking inside the recently opened Printemps and the second act from the Momofuku team. Yet, there is more to look forward to this season, as alongside them you'll find a queer bar from one of the city's finest wine professionals and a three-in-one concept from Please Don't Tell, the first offshoot from the team in almost 20 years. Simply put, this season is set to bloom. So venture outside and get to exploring.  RECOMMENDED: Let Me Tell You—these are the NYC restaurant openings I’m excited for in 2025 Kabawa, BoweryOpening: March 25  Phase one of chef Paul Carmichael’s arrival in New York is already complete, marked by the opening of the wine and daiquiri bar, Bar Kabawa. The celebration of Caribbean culture continues with the coming of Kabawa. Bringing his Barbadian roots to the plate, Kabawa will feature the flavors of the Caribbean via a three-course tasting menu. Reservations are now available on OpenTable if you want to make it to opening week.  Maison Passerelle, Financial DistrictOpening: April Today, Printemps officially opened at One Wall Street. Adding to the French allure

If you've popped into Tanoreen over the years, you’ve likely run into a few familiar faces. Next to staff that have worked the floor as long as the restaurant has been open, you’ll often find owners Rawia Bishara and her daughter Jumana Bishara prepping in the kitchen here, personally greeting tables there. This year marks 27 years of service at Tanoreen, a small Bay Ridge restaurant that has become a staple of the community and the dining scene as a whole, raking in accolades from the James Beard Foundation and the Michelin Guide. Nearing her 20-year mark of service at Tanoreen, Jumana Bishara is finding new ways to share the story of the restaurant. Last year, the restaurant made waves, opening a second outpost of Tanoreen inside of Time Out Market New York. We spoke with Jumana about her career path from international affairs to the restaurant industry, her favorite dishes and how she shares her culture through food.  Photograph: courtesy Tanoreen| Jumana Bishara You initially started a career in nonprofits and working in international affairs. Can you tell me more about that?  Jumana Bishara: I identified heavily as Palestinian in the Palestinian-American part of my identity growing up. So I wanted to go back and live overseas for a while, which we had done every summer as kids. As soon as I graduated, I got an internship with an NGO that operated in the Haifa area of Israel. That six months turned into almost five years of fundraising for Palestinian NGOs that operate

Have you ever wanted to drink like you were in Blade Runner? Well, now you can. Once inside Nomad’s Hotel 32 32 at, you guessed it, 32 East 32nd Street, look for the faux elevator door in the rear of the lobby. Slide it back to enter a futuristic hideaway—Partea Lab. Glowing with neon lights and flashing arcade games, Partea Lab channels a futuristic cyberpunk vibe. From the same makers behind Partea NYC, a night-market-themed arcade, Partea Lab draws inspiration from the same source with shiny claw machines and vending machines. However, Partea Lab adds to the gaming culture with a lineup of cocktails that source ingredients found across East Asia. Behind the bar, you can find espresso martinis with taro foams and vodkas infused with red bean and mouth-numbing Szechuan peppercorns. Rounds of shots come in the form of the honey black tea-infused whiskey blended with Bailey’s, chased by a jiggle of honey boba. Street snacks are available for the eating, including Taiwanese-style Popcorn Chicken, fried Scallion Pancakes and Honey Butter Fries.  RECOMMENDED: New Parisian department store Printemps is a feast for the senses in NYC Photograph: courtesy Partea Lab| Boba shots Adding to the interactive edge of it all are the arcade games. Lining an entire wall of the bar, you can find token-activated claw machines with coveted plushies or vending machines filled with cute prizes inside. To collect them all, guests can opt for a membership. The Partea Lab Black Card grants you a y

The Joy of Sake is a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering appreciation for the ancient craft of sake-making. To share the joy of the craft, the nonprofit has hosted the world’s largest sake tasting outside Japan, also named The Joy of Sake. For its 21st birthday in New York (25 if you count its origins in Hawaii), the festival is returning in a big, big way.  On April 10, The Joy of Sake will return to New York bringing a record number of 587 varieties of rice wine with it. Pouring the top of the top, each sake selection has been blind tasted and judged as part of the U.S. National Sake Appraisal, the oldest sake appraisal conducted outside Japan. Among the nearly 600 competition-level sakes, including silver and gold award winners, 350 sake selections not found in the US will also be poured, including premium pours daiginjo, ginjo and junmai. Next to international varieties, a handful of locally-made sakes will also be in attendance, including Brooklyn Kura and Dassai Blue in Hudson Valley.  While the day celebrates good sake, good food is also part of the fun. 16 of New York’s finest restaurants will also be onsite, creating sake-themed appetizers. To give you an idea of bites, some of last year’s restaurants are returning, included BondST, Mishik and Brooklyn’s Rule of Thirds.  The Joy of Sake will be held on April 10 from 6:30-9:30pm. Tickets cost $130 per person and included unlimited samplings of sake and food. Purchase your tickets here. 

When it comes to asking a New Yorker what the best pizza in New York City is, it isn’t so much a question as it is a challenge. Put 10 of us in a room and tell us we can’t leave until we unilaterally decide on the best slice in the city: we might have to hunker down for days if not months. But when I think about the best pie in the city, I always go back to the basics. Cut the mac-and-cheese-topped-that and the meat-lovers-this, and riddle me this: how good is your slice of cheese? Does the crust have that crispy texture but can still sand up to a fold? Is there flavor to the sauce? The cheese... does it melt and pull or is it all rubber? If the base of the house is good then, yes, by all means, build.  Which is why when I was asked what the best pizza in New York City is, my mind immediately went to the best slice over everything (this is New York, after all). And for me, this slice of cheese rose above the rest. Time Out just announced its list of the best pizzas in the world. For New York, Scarr’s Pizza topped the list. Nabbing the number two spot on the global list, this Lower East Side pizzeria reached the top ranking because it gives justice to the original.  “Every day, owner Scarr Pimentel is found in the basement of his Lower East Side pizzeria, milling grain for his base dough,” reads the article. “The result is an airy, slightly tangy crust that can hold up to toppings yet is pliable enough to be folded for a slice on the go.” And, yes, if you want a slice with to

Now that we’ve passed the threshold of daylight saving, it’s official: spring is almost here. While others note the changing of springtime with longer days, sprouting flowers and warming breezes, we mark the coming of season with the return of one of our favorite night markets in NYC: Queens Night Market.  Returning for a 10th year, the night market plans to promise what it does best: offer an amazing diversity of food and culture at accessible prices. It’s this dedication and more that earned the market recognition as one of the top food festivals in the country. RECOMMENDED: The Queens Night Market is looking for ways to keep its low food prices Yesterday, USA Today ranked Queens Night Market as the number one spot on its “Best City Food Festival” list. The destination also appeared on the outlet's list of best festivals across the nation. To come up with the country’s best, the publication assembled a panel of experts to nominate their top picks. Readers were then allowed to vote and decide the winners. Another win for New York, EEEEEATSCON New York also made the list, coming in at number nine.  So, why did Queens Night Market nab the number one spot? According to USA Today, it's the open air market’s culinary diversity that earned it the top ranking.  “The weekly, seasonal Queens Night Market is modeled after the popular open-air night markets of Asia, offering street food that showcases the ethnic and cultural diversity of the borough—all at wallet-friendly prices,” writ

New Yorkers run on coffee, this is no secret. Whether it's a ritualistic morning press or flat white on-the-go, our love affair with java knows no bounds. Yet, with copious coffee hubs on nearly every corner of this city, when it comes to scoping out a new shop, it takes a lot to catch our eye. Midtown’s latest chic coffee spot does exactly that. Felix Roasting Co. just opened its fifth location in midtown at 280 Park Avenue by 49th Street and it is, truly, a stunner. This is kind of a given for the brand as its four other outposts—three in New York including Nomad, West Soho and Soho, and one in Aspen, Colorado—are persistently billed as some of the most beautiful cafes, its European-like interiors looking straight out of a still from a Wes Anderson film. This aesthetic is thanks to creative director, partial owner and designer Ken Fulk, who has helped to craft the interior of each shop including the latest one in midtown.   RECOMMENDED: The 21 very best coffee shops in NYC  Photograph: Reagan Petrehn| Coffee counter at Felix Roasting Co. Inside the 1,500-square-foot space, you’ll be greeted with a hand-laid mosaic floor the color of the ocean blue that leads into black and white flooring with Felix’s logo in the center. Your eyes will then be directed to the oval bar with a massive copper-leafed dome hanging above it. As you get closer, you can peer inside and look straight into the sun as the center of the fixture hides a hand-painted motif of the beaming star. Try not

“Let Me Tell You” is a series of columns from our expert editors about NYC living, including the best things to do, where to eat and drink, and what to see at the theater. They publish each Tuesday so you’re hearing from us each week. Last time, Food & Drink Editor Morgan Carter said that your Dry January doesn’t need to end. Ten-plus years ago, I left college with a degree in hand and very little job prospects. While I dreamed of getting my career started with a “real” job right away, reality dictated that money was a more important need. So after a few applications thrown out to restaurants, grocery stores and everything in between, I ended up at a doggie daycare. The days could be a bit rough (pun intended) including cleaning up the day-to-day messes, breaking up fights and coming home with fur on everything I owned. But most of the time I couldn’t complain. After all, my days were spent playing with dogs of all sizes, from rambunctious puppies to sugar-faced sweethearts who just wanted a bit of nuzzling before napping. So when I saw that Tribeca recently gained a dog daycare—one that is bougie as can be—I was intrigued. Billed as the Soho House for dogs, Happy Tails is geared towards dogs and the people who love them. Beyond the regular offerings of dog daycare and boarding, the facility offers sessions with a dog trainer, a station for grooming, where members can bathe their pets or book an appointment with the groomer, and onsite veterinary services. The finer things in

New Yorkers hate waiting in line, so much so we’ve been known to outsource the practice. As much as we hate it, though, we inadvertently end up in a few ourselves, reasoning that spending over an hour waiting for the chance to score free concert tickets or a box full of buzzy pastries is worth the wait. Speaking of pastries, the most coveted of them all at this moment come from Radio Bakery.  Since opening in 2023, Radio Bakery has generated quite the fan base. Born from the Rolo’s team, the Greenpoint bakery consistently draws a line of eager crowds craving pastry chef and co-owner Kelly Mencin’s baked goods, which often sell out before closing time. Last March, Eater reported on the opening of a second location, this time in Prospect Heights. Nearly to the date of their announcement, the team debuted the novel bakery on March 3.   RECOMMENDED: This NYC pizza was just named one of the best in the world Favorites from the original spot have carried over, including the everything spice focaccia, rhubarb and custard croissants and the cheesy pretzel bear claw. There are some new faces in the pastry window like the matcha mango morning bun and the lunchtime sweet peas sandwich with mint, feta and lime on focaccia, that are absolute must-tries as well. The fervor behind the first Radio Bakery also carried over to the new location, with lines stretching around the block forcing folks to wait over an hour to grab some goods. Our head of Global Head of Video, Delia Barth, decided